S Shenan Stanley Apr 3, 2005 #2 Dan said: Windows update Error number 0x8024801C Windows updates disallowed?????? Click to expand... Your subject says you know what the problem is. Uninstall the offending application or contact their technical support for help. Try this: http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=21&ln=en Instead of following the procedure above to rename the SoftwareDistribution folder, you can delete it running the commands below in a command prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe) net.exe stop wuauserv rd /s /q %windir%\softwaredistribution net.exe start wuauserv
Dan said: Windows update Error number 0x8024801C Windows updates disallowed?????? Click to expand... Your subject says you know what the problem is. Uninstall the offending application or contact their technical support for help. Try this: http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/showarticle.aspx?articleid=21&ln=en Instead of following the procedure above to rename the SoftwareDistribution folder, you can delete it running the commands below in a command prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe) net.exe stop wuauserv rd /s /q %windir%\softwaredistribution net.exe start wuauserv